Faith Nation: July 9, 2019

tonight the status of a citizenship question on the 2020 census how the Trump administration is keeping up its fight to include a question some lawmakers say is more about discrimination than an accurate census count and the Democratic presidential field of candidates changing by the day who's in and who's out in the 2020 race for the White House plus abortion in America how one of the largest black denominations is working to help women choose life all this and more tonight on faith nation has the administration figured out how to include a citizenship question on the census welcome to fake nation I'm John Jessup and I'm Jenna Browder well the fight over including a citizenship question on the 2020 census continues with attorney general bill Barr now involved far says he sees a legal path and that the Justice Department is considering new options to get it on next year survey CBN White House correspondent Bank Kennedy joins us now Ben has bar revealed anything about when we might know more about the White House's plans well John Jenna Barr says we'll know in the next day or two what direction the White House plans to take now the census is already being printed but that is not stopping president Trump's efforts to get the question added we've been considering all the options the one option is a presidential executive order I've been in constant discussions with the president ever since the Supreme Court decision came down and I think over the next day or two you'll see what approach were taking the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 last month to block the census citizenship question but the White House is not giving up Hans you've written about this in the past why must this question be on the census well because we need accurate data on the total population of the US including non-citizens I mean there are numerous reasons for it everything from the redistricting and political processes to the distribution of federal funds I mean look at it this way we are in the midst of a vigorous debate about immigration policy in this country how can you have an informed debate if you don't have accurate data Trump argues they need the information to help enforce the Voting Rights Act Democrats however say it would cause an undercount of immigration populations they want to be sure that just their people vote and not the general population and that's why they're fighting the census this is about keeping you know make America you know this hat make America white again they want to make sure that people certain people are counted it's really disgraceful the White House says it's all about trying to find out who is in our country there may yet be a path legally to get it on the census as the case is now being heard in the lower courts John Jenna thanks Ben well there are growing calls tonight for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign coming the wake of new sex trafficking charges against the multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein back in 2007 calling on secretary Acosta to resign it is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in secretary Acosta's ability to lead the Department of Labor if he refuses to resign President Trump should fire him instead of prosecuting a predator and serial sex trafficker of children Acosta chose to let him off easy this is not acceptable we cannot have as one of the leading appointed officials in America someone who has done this Casta addressed the situation on Twitter today saying crimes committed by Epstein are horrific and with the evidence available more than a decade ago federal prosecutors insisted he go to jail and register as a sex offender and now that the new evidence and testimony are available there is an important opportunity to more fully began bringing F's teen to justice and President Trump today praised secretary Acosta for his work in the Labor Department he added he'll be taking a careful look at how he handled the Epstein case well Obama care is back in court facing another legal challenge at issue is whether a Texas judge acted properly in striking it down by ending the individual mandate Abigail Robertson joins us now with how politicians are staking out their positions in this court fight ABI that's right Jenna as the appeals court heard arguments on the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality Democrats on the hill warned what could happen if Obamacare is struck down the stakes cannot be higher Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined by Democrat lawmakers holding up pictures of Americans positively affected by Obamacare blaming Republicans if millions of Americans were to lose their health care if Republicans prevail these protections are obliterated overnight they go home and they say they want to protect pre-existing conditions and then they act to take them away and do nothing to preserve them but on the Senate floor blaming Republicans in Congress for a yet to be decided court case doesn't make a lot of sense Republican Senator John Cornyn argued that claim is untrue if there's one thing that I think there is a consensus on in the health care field in Congress it is that pre-existing conditions should be covered meanwhile if we win the house back keep the Senate and win the presidency we're gonna have a plan that blows away Obamacare it'll be less expensive and it'll be far better health care and health insurance and we'll be announcing it over the next month or so president Trump is teasing a forthcoming GOP health care plan many analysts believe if the fifth circuit upholds Obamacare the Supreme Court is not likely to take it up again regardless of the court's decision it's clear health care will certainly dominate the 2020 elections back to you John and Jenna all right Abigail Robertson on Capitol Hill will speaking of campaign 2020 the Democratic field does look a little bit different tonight that's right one candidate drops out just as another throws his hat into the ring and were strong has a look at those changes plus some wins and losses ahead of this month's debate with the debate just weeks away some names are looking to make a fresh appeal to voters while another is moving on there will be a time when you believe everything is over that will be the beginning at least one thing is over his run for the White House California Congressman Eric's wawel left this contest Monday and will refocus on pursuing his fifth term in Congress we understand you know it's a steep hill but we want to give it our best shot former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is still battling it out although his run is steeper after his campaign managers spokesperson and financial director all JumpShip you're gonna have jobs again I promise senator Kirsten Gillibrand who's still polling at less than 1% is still swinging with a fresh ad campaign targeted at key Rust Belt states as VP Joe Biden still tops the polls his debate clashed with senator Kamala Harris over his work with segregationist may have cost him was I wrong a few weeks ago to somehow give the impression to people that I was praising those men who I successfully opposed time and again yes I was that apology could be too little too late according to a new morning consult poll Biden dropped 8% with african-american voters since the debate former colleagues and supporters say don't sell the former VP short I think you Oster underestimate Joe Biden at your own peril and one thing I'll say about Kamala Harris and I said this before she's got game and just when you thought it was over billionaire Tom Steyer reversing his decision not to run and announcing his candidacy Tuesday steyr will reportedly use one one hundred million dollars of his own money to fund his campaign amber Straughn CBN News Washington how was David Brody CBN Steve political analyst David what do you think does Tom Styer have have a shot here is he too late I don't think it's too late I mean it's July but you know he's got an uphill climb here first of all yeah he's getting in a little late to a degree but look he's a United State he's a white hedge fund manager and a party that's going for diversity that's a problem having said that he's gonna spend if he stays in the race is long a hundred million dollars that's a lot of money and I think it can give him some some staying power for now and the media is interested in him so he'll have a narrative out there does he have what it takes to make to meet the benchmarks for the second democratic debate I think so you only need one percent I mean you just need to show up no that's not true you need I'm sorry I had it say you only need one percent the polls and you don't have that are you know what ask Eric SWA well who probably was going under one percent plus you need sixty five thousand unique donors I think he'll get it because he's a billionaire gonna spend a lot of money he'll be on the campaign trail in South Carolina and the media will give him a lot of oxygen I think he'll be there having said that in September or late August when the next debate is they double the criteria for getting on stage that'll be a little different David today Amy McGrath announced her bid to challenge Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat she's a former Marine fighter pilot a bit of a fundraising juggernaut in one of her past elections that she lost and any other state she'd be an attractive candidate we're talking about Kentucky coal country and there you go Kentucky coal country you said marine pilot fighter pilot here's the thing she's a very very very liberal marine fire fighter pilot and that's the problems especially in Kentucky and already Mitch McConnell out with an ad basically using her own words against her on abortion on health care on the board or everything so look I think this is a slam dunk from slam dunk for Mitch McConnell he is probably at the most popular who's ever been within the Republican Party so I think the conservative grassroots will not desert him in Kentucky in the Democratic Party we are seeing a real split up on Capitol Hill you know Nancy Pelosi more moderate it was Alexander Acacio Cortez much more liberal those two kind of going at it exchanging some Barb's David how does daddy you see this playing out well first of all I think it's gonna play out on not just this issue but all sorts of issues as we continue a month after month I mean there's a real push and pull right now within the Democrat Party Democratic Party having said that Nancy Pelosi has the numbers she has the moderate she has the folks in those swing districts the Trump swing districts so I think I think she'll be just fine Acacio cortez doesn't have those numbers who has a better pulse for democratic voters between those two yeah I think Pelosi understands the game better than Alexander Acacio Cortez remember oh can I stop saying it just let me say a OC can I do that she would prefer that I'm sure look all ALC did honestly at this point other than have a big media file and she made a blue district in New York bluer that's that's pretty much what she did she's very confined to a certain ideology now she has receded to leave Elon Omar and the media so that makes it even look like it's more than it really is out McDavid I'd like to squeeze in one last question 30 seconds left finally Ross Perot passed away today what's his legacy well he could have he may have been the legacy is twofold one he may have prevented George HW Bush from having a second term number one number two we almost received 19 percent of the popular vote that's the most independent third party Kennedy ever had since 1912 look if he had more New York slang rather than Texas twang I think they would have done a whole lot better and even potentially cost Bill Clinton the presidency all right call me on that okay well thank you all right thanks well tonight an advocacy group is calling for a ban on the US government's use of facial recognition technology federal authorities are reportedly using the surveillance technology to scan millions of Americans faces without their consent now the nonprofit group fight for their future fight for the future rather says the surveillance technology poses quote a profound threat we need to ban it entirely Ohio Republican Jim Jordan spoke out last month against the use of facial recognition valence 20 states have given their Bureau of Motor Vehicles Department motive the database drivers license database they've just given access to that to the FBI no individuals signed off on that when they renewed their driver's license got their driver they didn't sign any waiver saying oh it's okay to turn my information my photo over to the FBI no elected officials voted to allow that to happen the FBI and immigration customs enforcement agencies according to the Washington Post our mining state's driver's license databases and DMV records of American citizens a new report outlines trends in violent mass attacks in America well show you some of the warning signs when we come back 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legislature is now adjourned until November the Secret Service is now tracking mass attacks like the one in Virginia Beach experts are looking for ways to prevent them tonight they're releasing a report of their findings CBN News national security correspondent Eric Phillips brings us the details Eric John and Jenna the national threat assessment Center is part of the Secret Service and today it released its 2018 report on mass attacks in public spaces and their defining a mass attack is one that kills or injures three or more people there were 27 such attacks in 2018 some you may have heard of others perhaps not the list includes the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in parkland Florida where 17 were shot and killed the attack at tree of life synagogue in Pittsburgh were 11 were murdered and the mass shooting at a newsroom in Annapolis Maryland where five people lost their lives among others officials say there are similarities in these crimes most of them are committed by men two-thirds of them had mental health challenges and more than half of them had some sort of grievance like with a family member or co-worker but perhaps the most telling 93 percent of them had said or done things that would be considered threatening or at the very least concerning and that's where experts say awareness comes in one of the most effective methods of preventing these types of attacks is having threat assessment protocols in place and threat assessment is simply identifying individuals early on because we want to make sure that we're identifying whether it's a kid in distress whether it's an employee at work who's becoming more engaged in conflicts with coworkers you want to find out why is that person engaging in that behavior but intervention strategies in place before that person deescalate to the point where they think violence is an option and that's why dr. all authority says this is everyone's problem and everyone has to take part in the solution and by the way the perpetrators of these crimes ranged in age from 15 to 64 so you're talking about a wide spectrum so Eric this is the second year for the report is a report making a difference well although officials say they can't necessarily quantify how much of an impact the report and the threat assessment message that comes from it is making the numbers are very interesting take a look in 2017 there were 28 mass attacks resulting in the loss of 147 lives and 700 people injured now in 2018 the number of mass attacks dropped by only 1 to 27 but look at the number of those killed they decreased significantly from 147 to 91 and the number of those injured went from 700 to 107 all right Eric Phillips thank you very much coming up we'll show you how one of the leading denominations is working to reduce abortion in black communities hey we're at by masher life is busy but I found a way to make a huge difference in people's lives I guess you could say I'm changing the world right here from home I 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silent on the issue but as Charlene Aaron reports one of the country's largest black denominations is speaking out and taking a stand by helping more women choose life according to US Census data blacks make up only 13% of the u.s. population yet more than 30% of aborted babies are from black mothers it is the number one killer of all African Americans in the nation you can add cancer you can add AIDS you can add car accidents homicides crime shooting name the gamut and put those together and it will not equal the amount of lives that we lose to abortion it is an issue Charles Blake the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ also known as kojic has spoken out about in the past statistics almost four times it's likely abortion as a white women and almost 65 of those who have had abortions have never been married you're killing a human being it's a human being from the moment it's couldn't see with more than six and a half million members worldwide kojic is working with the pro-life human coalition network to help black women choose life they call it the family life campaign which challenges church members to personally take action in fighting for the unborn kojic members are encouraged to act in various ways such as counseling outside abortion clinics or working with expectant mothers inside pregnancy centers campaign vice president leslie mone says this mission is vital to the survival of both the black family and the black church we've placed this at the center of our missions Department where we are telling churches hey this is what we need to be grilling our children our parishioners on we need to make sure that they're pro-life we need to make sure children are being taken care of in uterine and outside Monay says churches specifically african-american churches have been silent on abortion for far too long which is why kojic is stepping up to the plate I think one of the reasons is because we are afraid to confront that issue in our church because we have been a part of that issue there are two out of four women in church are post abortive and so I think it's a ruffling the feathers of the great taboo secret darkness that people don't want to shed light on but we must shed the light on this issue in the meantime kojic hopes other denominations will join in the fight to make abortion unthinkable and unavailable in the black community and beyond Charlene Aaron CBN News why a new court ruling could mean President Trump will see a lot more tweets from people he doesn't agree with when we come back we will move the American Embassy to the Eternals capital of the Jewish people Jerusalem is the nation's rage you can stand with Israel being written and I wanna be a part of it tall one eight hundred seven hundred seven thousand and get to life this is our nature as a country discover the untold story of how Israeli volunteers are changing the world we consider is our duty to reach out and help others around the world for a gift of $10 or 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platform and opened up its interactive space to millions of users and participants he may not selectively exclude those whose views he disagrees with I can imagine people disagree with the president used to me all right well that does it for this edition of faith nation have a great night